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@englertracing: WP uses a similar design in their cone valve forks, so it’s still used in modern applications on dirt bikes.

@mountainjew: Nitrogen is also a dry gas. Regular air has water in it. In a bladder this shouldn’t be an issue, but a pressurized ifp chamber would be subject to possible corrosion.

Full suspension, top of the line mountain bike…check. Complains about horses making the trail bumpy….check.

I’m still rocking a 2014 Blur TRc. It’s got absolutely no parts left on it that are original outside of the frame. Only thing that I would change is it would be nice to have just a little higher BB height, pedal strikes are pretty frequent. Side note, anyone posting comments about their 2020 or 2021 bike and how it’s “perfect”....well yeah....

@crashtor: That would be accurate if you lived in a vacuum.

And here I am just upgrading to 11 speed Shimano...

I think what would help is in on trails that are shared and considered “multi use” mountain bikers need to stop building in those areas without public approval. I had a place I went almost every day after work that was close to my home in southern Orange County that was slowly transformed from a natural trail system into a berm and jump highway that took away from the challenge of riding it and irritated the hikers and horse folks. This was due to a large influx of people as housing developments moved in nearby. The place went from a nice hidden gem for a quick lap, to a place I would ride through to get to where fewer people went to avoid the crowds. I get that the governments and stewards of the land are part of the problem, but mountain bikers in general need to be aware that sharing the land means actually being cognizant of our impacts on other people that use these trails. You can’t be building a jump line on a piece of single track that was already space limited. You have people with full face helmets blasting down public trails with no regard for what’s around the next switchback and that just pisses people on the trail off. I miss being able to ride year round down there, but that’s about it.

Not one tire that I ride is pictured...failed this quiz.

Rarely do I feel a strong need to comment, but people saying that road cycling to augment off mountain bike time will have detrimental effects, or not help with mountain bike fitness seem like they’re commenting to just stir the pot. Regardless of the bike you’re on it’s a case of you getting out of it what you put in. It doesn’t make any sense to bad mouth a different type of cycling.